Debunking the Tech Hype Cycle with Dan Olson (www.youtube.com)

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This interview is 2 months old, but I haven't seen it discussed so far and given the news about reddit's new cryptobeaniebabies, here it goes. This is a critique of the tech hype cycle, LLMs, VR, the metaverse failure, NFTs and cryptocurrencies with a refreshing historical awareness of past attempts that failed, like second life and VR games. Adam Conover's interviewee is Dan Olson https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7v5qq/meet-the-guy-who-went-viral-on-youtube-for-explaining-how-nfts-crypto-are-a-poverty-trap

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[-] Peanutbjelly@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Does nobody remember how utterly uninformed Conover's previous takes on ai were? And I still know whole communities of people who basically live in vr. They are doing just fine.

Look here if you just want to hate on tech and tech enthusiasts. Don't look here for a reasoned and thoughtful conversation.

Also can we stop trying to paint AI enthusiasts in a bad light by acting like everyone into AI is an NFT grifter?

It's intellectually dishonest.

The way it's usually presented would make you think we have Yann LeCun and Melanie Mitchell in full fratboy drip promoting their NFTs.

[-] PurpleReign@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

You've provided no links or references to any of your rebuttal here.

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